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A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

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'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine - As heard on BBC Radio 4

A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine - As heard

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It's March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine. Their destination: Voznesensk, a town with a small bridge that could change the course of...
Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust

Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from

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An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

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'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
The Gestapo: Power and Terror in the Third Reich

The Gestapo: Power and Terror in the Third Reich

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War at the End of the World: Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight For New Guinea, 1942 - 1945

War at the End of the World: Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight For New Guinea, 1942 - 1945

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SAS Nazi Hunters

SAS Nazi Hunters

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'A humbling, inspiring account of some of the real founders of modern day Special Forces soldiering' Bear GryllsSAS NAZI HUNTERS is the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret...
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

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When Emma Sky, an intrepid young British woman, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for....
What It Is Like To Go To War

What It Is Like To Go To War

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In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a...
Nothing For Tears

Nothing For Tears

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Towards the end of the Second World War, Lali Horstmann and her husband Freddy, a retired diplomat and art collector, were living at Kerzendorf, an elegant eighteenth-century house with a...
Lemay

Lemay

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LeMay was a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general. In World War II, he ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and...
Broken Arrow: How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb

Broken Arrow: How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb

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The extraordinary story of the loss of a U.S. plane with a live nuclear bomb on it during the Vietnam War in 1965, and the subsequent cover-up. On 5 December...
Phoenix - a Complete History of the Luftwaffe 1918-1945: Volume 2 - the Genesis of Air Power 1935-1937

Phoenix - a Complete History of the Luftwaffe 1918-1945: Volume 2 - the Genesis of Air Power 1935-1937

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Based on forty years of detailed research, Phoenix - A Complete History of the Luftwaffe 1918-1945 is a unique history of the wartime German Luftwaffe. Going far beyond a simple...
The Luftwaffe: A Study in Air Power 1933-1945

The Luftwaffe: A Study in Air Power 1933-1945

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There has not been an in-depth history of the Luftwaffe published for many years and and this scholarly one-volume survey of the history of the Luftwaffe will become the leading...
Double Agent Victoire: Mathilde Carre and the Interallie Network

Double Agent Victoire: Mathilde Carre and the Interallie Network

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On 28.2.42 there arrived in the U.K. a remarkable woman agent: Mathilde Lucie (or Lily) CARRE.' Her codename was VICTOIRE, although she became better known as 'La Chatte' - the...
Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

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Author: Ian HallFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 304 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for...
Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

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Author: Brian BrinkworthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014This is the riveting and extraordinary story of Kapitan Herbert Cleff, presented here for...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

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Author: Hermann BuschlebFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 128 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged...
Spanish Air Force During World War II: Germany'S Hidden Ally?

Spanish Air Force During World War II: Germany'S Hidden Ally?

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Author: Eduardo MartinezFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 254mm, 184 pagesPublished: Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza, Poland, 2019Continuing with the study of the lesser known Air Forces that fought in the skies of Europe...
Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

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Author: Ian HallFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 304 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

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Author: Hermann BuschlebFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 128 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged...
Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

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Author: Brian BrinkworthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014This is the riveting and extraordinary story of Kapitan Herbert Cleff, presented here for...
Operation Swallow: American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape From Berga Concentration Camp

Operation Swallow: American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape From Berga Concentration Camp

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Author: Mark FeltonFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 386g, 320 pagesPublished: Icon Books, United Kingdom, 2019Operation Swallow is the true story of how a small group of American soldiers, inspired by...
The Unknown Courier: The True Story of Operation Mincemeat

The Unknown Courier: The True Story of Operation Mincemeat

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